PHOTO: First time skating

Gary Bedell helps his son Ethan, 6, put on his skates on a cleared off patch of the frozen Suncook River behind Gary's parents' house in Pittsfield on Sunday, February 10, 2014. This was the first time Ethan and his brothers Devin, 12, and Gavin, 10, had ever skated. Gary spent a couple hours Saturday afternoon clearing off the ice for his sons.
ARIANA van den AKKER / Monitor staff

Gary Bedell helps his son Ethan, 6, put on his skates on a cleared-off patch of the frozen Suncook River behind Gary’s parents’ house in Pittsfield on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2014. This was the first time Ethan and his brothers Devin, 12, and Gavin, 10, had ever skated. Gary spent a couple hours Saturday afternoon clearing off the ice for his sons.